Rankings of business schools in South Africa

Location of South Africa

Rankings of business schools in South Africa are largely based on international business schools rankings, no current publication attempts to rank South African business schools in a definitive way.

PMR.africa

PMR.africa conducts an annual survey of marketing managers/directors and line managers on MBA graduates and students in the workplace representing accredited business schools. The rankings are based on the perceptions of the respondents.

19 attributes are measured:

• Academic knowledge
• Application of knowledge in the workplace
• Communication skills/abilities
• Emotional intelligence
• Entrepreneurial skills/capacity/abilities
• Environmental awareness
• Ethical business conduct
• Financial management
• Human resource management
• Implementation of corporate governance
• Information management
• Innovation
• Insight into sound sustainable development
• International perspective
• Leadership skills/abilities
• Marketing management
• Operational management
• Quantitative abilities/skills
• Strategic management

SA Rank	Business school	Mean average 2011
1	University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science	8.29
2	University of Stellenbosch Business School	8.18
3	Wits Business School – University of the Witwatersrand	8.10
4	University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business	8.05
5	Graduate School of Business - University of KwaZulu-Natal	7.99
6	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School	7.95
7	Milpark Business School	7.85
8	Henley Business School South Africa	7.82
9	Rhodes Business School - Rhodes University	7.76
10	Potchefstroom Business School- North-West University	7.74
11	Graduate School of Business Leadership - University of South Africa	7.65
12	Management College of Southern Africa	7.60
13	School of Management – University of the Free State	7.52
14	Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership - University of Limpopo	7.49
15	School of Engineering, Technology & Business - South African College of Business and Technology	7.39

Financial Times

MBA

SA Rank	Business school	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
1	UCT Graduate School of Business	89	71	71	89	60	54	74

Note: This is the only ranked South African business school in this category.

Executive MBA

SA Rank	Business school	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
1	University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science	-	-	-	-	67	60

Note: This is the only ranked South African business school in this category.

Executive Education Customised

SA Rank	Business school	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
1	University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science	49	51	41	38	-	42
2	University of Stellenbosch Business School	-	60	63	-	-	57
3	UCT Graduate School of Business	-	-	-	49	59	65
4	University of the Witwatersrand	59	62	62	-	-	-

Note: These are the only ranked South African business schools in this category.

Executive Education Open

SA Rank	Business school	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
1	University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science	38	38	49	50	49	47
2	University of the Witwatersrand	48	-	-	53	56	55
3	University of Stellenbosch Business School	46	50	55	-	-	62

Note: These are the only ranked South African business schools in this category. Midrand University (MGI)

See also

• Rankings of universities in South Africa
• College and university rankings